Ecclesiastes 6:4

In 11 translations

BSB

For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

KJV

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

WEB

for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

ASV

for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

LSV

For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goes, and in darkness his name is covered,

YLT

For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

DBY

For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

DRC

For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

GNV

For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

JPS

for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

LXXE

For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־בַהֶ֥בֶל בָּ֖א וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֵלֵ֑ךְ וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ שְׁמ֥וֹ יְכֻסֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι ἐν ματαιότητι ἦλθε, καὶ ἐν σκότει πορεύεται, καὶ ἐν σκότει ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καλυφθήσεται·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

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